Fed in Print

Description

The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Fed) is the central bank of the United States. The Fed's primary responsibilities include: conducting the nation's monetary policy by influencing the money and credit conditions in the economy; supervising and regulating banking institutions; maintaining the stability of the financial system and containing systemic risk that may arise in financial markets; and providing certain financial services to the U.S. government, to the public, to financial institutions, and to foreign offcial institutions. The Fed is composed of the Board of Governors and twelve regional Reserve banks (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, San Francisco, and St. Louis). Articles in Fed in Print cover all aspects of the economy.

Contains citations of articles appearing in the economic literature published by each regional bank. Many of the publications are available in full-text.

Dates Covered

1985 to the present. 

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· Resources by Subject - Economics

Access Notes

This database is freely available to the general public via the Internet.